Hojancha District

Hojancha
District
Hojancha district
Hojancha Hojancha district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°02′44″N85°25′36″W / 10.0455932°N 85.4265636°W / 10.0455932; -85.4265636
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Hojancha
Area
• Total	79.05 km2 (30.52 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,245
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	51101

Hojancha is a district of the Hojancha canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

Geography

Hojancha has an area of 79.05 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 350 metres. ^[1]

Villages

The administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district include Ángeles, Comunidad, Paso Tempisque (partly) and San Rafael.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	7,899	—
1984	5,879	−2.65%
2000	3,751	−2.77%
2011	4,245	+1.13%
2022	3,900	−0.77%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

According to the 2011 census, Hojancha had a population of 4,245 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 158
• National Route 902

References

1. "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN   978-9977-58-477-5.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
6. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.